Combination easy chair and table



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COMBINATION EASY CHAIR AND TABLE Filed Jan. 21, 1966 Edwin Berman INVENTOR United States Patent 3,298,735 COMBINATION EASY CHAIR AND TABLE Edwin Bel-man, Portland, 0reg., assignor to Room-A- Rama, Portland, 0reg., a corporation of Oregon Filed Jan. 21, 1966, Ser. No. 522,304 4 Claims. (Cl. 297-145) This invention relates to a combination easy chair and table.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide an upholstered easy chair for use in television viewing and lounging and having a folding table, a storage compartment therefor, and mounting means therefor, all arranged so that when the table is folded it may be stored out of sight in the compartment, but when unfolded it may be mounted between the chair arms for supporting food, books, working implements or other materials, thus greatly increasing the utility of the chair and the enjoyment which may be derived from its use.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the herein described combination easy chair and table, with the table folded and in its storage location;

FIG. 2 is a plan of the underside of the table;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view, similar to FIG. 1, partly broken away, with the table mounted across the chair in its operative use position, and

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary, sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 3.

As is apparent from the drawings, the combination easy chair and table of my invention includes a chair, preferably an upholstered easy chair, of attractive appearance and having a seat 10, a seat cushion 12, a back 14, a pair of arms 16, 18 and legs 20.

The chair is of the conventional appearance customarily characterizing chairs of this class. However, one of the arms, preferably right arm 16, is provided with an elongated compartment of substantial size.

To provide the compartment, the arm may be fabricated from a front panel 22 of reduced height, a back panel 24, a pair of side panels 26, 28, a bottom panel, not illustrated, and a lid 30 of angular cross section, The angular lid includes a vertical mounting segment and a horizontal lid segment. The mounting segment is hinged' to the top edge of front panel 22 by means of hinges 32.

Lid 30 thus may be moved between open and closed positions to cover a compartment dimensioned to contain a folding table, indicated generally at 34.

The construction of table 34 is evident particularly in FIG. 2. It comprises a flat, triangular top 36 having a width sufficient to span the space between chair arms 16, 18, with the under surfaces of the table top ends overlying and bearing against the upper surfaces of the chair arms, FIG. 3.

A cross piece 38 is glued or otherwise fixed to the undersurface of the table top. Its front side edges are drilled to provide horizontal sockets 40.

A pair of folding legs 42 are received in the sockets. Although the table legs may be variously constructed, in a simple and preferred form of the invention they may be formed from rods of suitable diameter bent at right angles to provide mounting segments and support segments. The mounting segments of the rods are received in sockets 40. When the legs are extended, the support segments are received in sockets provided in the chair seat, again as shown in FIG. 3.

For this purpose an underlying frame member 44 of the seat is drilled to provide vertical socket openings 46 dimensioned to receive the lower ends of the support section of folding legs 42, FIG. 4.

Table 34 in its folded condition may be stored in the recess provided in chair arm 16. When it is desired to use the table, lid 30 is opened, the table removed, legs 42 extended and placed in sockets 44. In this position the ends of the table top bear against the upper surface of the chair arms while legs 42 provide further support and stability. After each use the table legs may be folded and the table returned to its storage compartment.

There thus is provided a lounge chair and table assembly which is comfortable, convenient, useful, and attractive in appearance.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A combination easy chair and table comprising (a) a chair including a seat, a back and two arms,

(b) one arm being recessed to form a compartment,

(c) the seat being provided with vertically arranged,

laterally spaced, socket means,

(d) and a table comprising a top and hinged thereto a pair of folding legs adjustable between folded and extended positions,

(e) the table being dimensioned for reception in the arm compartment when the legs are in their folded position,

(f) the table legs when extended being dimensioned for reception in the socket means for mounting the table between the arms, spaced vertically from the seat.

2. The combination easy chair and table of claim 1 wherein the table width is greater than the distance between the arms, the table ends being adapted to overlie and bear against the arms, further locating and supporting the table.

3. The combination easy chair and table of claim 1 wherein the table comprises a top, a cross piece fastened to the under side of the top, a pair of spaced, horizontally arranged sockets in the cross piece and a pair of legs comprising rods bent at right angles to form mounting segments dimensioned for pivotal reception in the sockets in the cross piece and support segments dimensioned for removable reception in the sockets in the seat.

4. The combination easy chair and table of claim 1 wherein said one arm comprises front, back, side and bottom panels arranged in compartment-forming relation, the top edge of the front panel being on a lower plane than the top edge of the back panel, a lid of angular cross section dimensioned to seat across the top of the compartment, and hinge means hinging the lid to the top edge of the front panel.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 859,557 7/1907 Hencke 297-154 1,803,947 5/ 1931 Runkles et al. 297- 1,888,525 11/1932 Callaway et a1. 297-145 X 1,891,691 12/1932 Runkles 297-145 2,019,005 8/ 1935 Erickson 297-153 X 2,489,861 11/ 1949 Ciraold 297-145 2,494,838 1/ 1950 Slaughter 297-194 X 2,845,113 7/1958 Keel 297-145 2,947,348 8/ 1960 Peckham 297- FOREIGN PATENTS 555,531 8/ 1943 Great Britain.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

JAMES T. MCCALL, Examiner. 

1. A COMBINATION EASY CHAIR AND TABLE COMPRISING (A) A CHAIR INCLUDING A SEAT, A BACK AND TWO ARMS, (B) ONE ARM BEING RECESSED TO FORM A COMPARTMENT, (C) THE SEAT BEING PROVIDED WITH VERTICALLY ARRANGED, LATERALLY SPACED, SOCKET MEANS, (D) AND A TABLE COMPRISING A TOP AND HINGED THERETO A PAIR OF FOLDING LEGS ADJUSTABLE BETWEEN FOLDED AND EXTENDED POSITIONS, (E) THE TABLE BEING DIMENSIONED FOR RECEPTION IN THE ARM COMPARTMENT WHEN THE LEGS ARE IN THEIR FOLDED POSITION, (F) THE TABLE LEGS WHEN EXTENDED BEING DIMENSIONED FOR RECEPTION IN THE SOCKET MEANS FOR MOUNTING THE TABLE BETWEEN THE ARMS, SPACED VERTICALLY FROM THE SEAT. 